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Former Bodybuilder Who Blamed Quest to Bulk up for Liver Cancer Dies
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Posted on 07/29/2015 8:45:47 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Dean Wharmby, of Rochdale, England, was a former bodybuilder and personal trainer who worked hard to gain the ideal physique. In November, he was told he had just weeks to live after a liver cancer diagnosis in 2010. He blamed his fitness fanaticism for the diagnosis, and died on Sunday.

According to news.com.au, Wharmby, 39, consumed 10,000 calories and seven to eight energy drinks per day. He also admitted to taking steroids at the beginning of his career, and ate high-calorie junk food in his body-building days.

After a large tumor was found on his liver in 2010, he changed his diet, including cutting out sugar and meat. Wharmby, a father of one, chose natural treatments and vitamins instead of chemotherapy and radiation, according to his GoFundMe page.

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To: nickcarraway

RIP.


21 posted on 07/29/2015 11:26:38 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: NativeSon
Nice to have someone else on one of these threads that knows what the heck they are talking about.

Too often, it's just a bunch of "drugs 'r bad, hm'kay" types spouting off something they heard from someone else gleaned from an idiotic headline.

The things the Pro's do to cut weight, thin their skin, pump the vascularity, etc... take an enormous toll on everything else. It isn't just the roids and HGH.

Burn bright, die young. Goes for pretty much any kind of physical activity where the human body is pushed to it's limits.

I lift, but I'm not trying for a pro card either. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

22 posted on 07/29/2015 11:36:20 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: circlecity

Apollonian vs Herculean physique.


23 posted on 07/29/2015 1:10:28 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: 2banana

Exactly!


24 posted on 07/29/2015 1:26:05 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: loungitude

:)


25 posted on 07/29/2015 1:27:31 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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